How To Install libschedule-cron-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libschedule-cron-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libschedule-cron-perl
libschedule-cron-perl is:
This perl module can be used for periodically executing perl subroutines. The dates and parameters for the subroutines to be called are specified with a format known as crontab entry (see manpage crontab(5) or documentation of Schedule::Cron).
The philosophy behind Schedule::Cron is to call subroutines periodically from within one single Perl program instead of letting cron trigger several (possibly different) Perl scripts. Everything under one roof. Furthermore Schedule::Cron provides mechanism to create crontab entries dynamically, which isn’t that easy with cron.
There are three methods to install libschedule-cron-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libschedule-cron-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libschedule-cron-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libschedule-cron-perl
Install libschedule-cron-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libschedule-cron-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libschedule-cron-perl
Install libschedule-cron-perl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libschedule-cron-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libschedule-cron-perl
How To Uninstall libschedule-cron-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libschedule-cron-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libschedule-cron-perl
Uninstall libschedule-cron-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libschedule-cron-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libschedule-cron-perl
Remove libschedule-cron-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libschedule-cron-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libschedule-cron-perl
Remove libschedule-cron-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libschedule-cron-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libschedule-cron-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libschedule-cron-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.